Japan Airlines has operated a flight out of Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) using domestically mass-produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Flight JL891 departed Kansai at 10:13 local time on May 1, 2025, and after a flight time of two hours and 48 minutes, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner arrived in Shanghai at 12:01 noon local time.
The SAF, produced domestically from waste cooking oil collected all over Japan, was mass-produced at Saffaire Sky Energy’s manufacturing facility located in Osaka.
This is not the first time that JAL has used SAF from cooking oil on flights, but the Kansai to Shanghai flight marked the start of the implementation of a supply chain that enables continuous production and supply of SAF in Japan.
The flight, along with the production of SAF, is part of Japan Airlines’ Fly to Fry project, an initiative that aims to operate and fly all aircraft using SAF made from domestic resources, specifically waste cooking oil generated by households and businesses.
Moving forward, JAL said that it intends to accelerate the decarbonization of the aviation industry, with plans to expand and deepen Fry to Fly Project’s collaboration with companies and local governments, enhance collection of waste cooking oil, and expand the use of SAF in the country.
